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Chapter 8. The Lock

           Itwasevidentfromthegeneraltoneofthewholeparty,thattheyhadcometoregardinsolvencyasthenormalstateofmankind,andthepaymentofdebtsasadiseasethatoccasionallybrokeout.

           Inthisstrangescene,andwiththesestrangespectresflittingabouthim,ArthurClennamlookedonatthepreparationsasiftheywerepartofadream.Pendingwhich,thelong-initiatedTip,withanawfulenjoymentoftheSnuggery’sresources,pointedoutthecommonkitchenfiremaintainedbysubscriptionofcollegians,theboilerforhotwatersupportedinlikemanner,andotherpremisesgenerallytendingtothedeductionthatthewaytobehealthy,wealthy,andwise,wastocometotheMarshalsea.

           Thetwotablesputtogetherinacorner,were,atlength,convertedintoaveryfairbed;andthestrangerwaslefttotheWindsorchairs,thepresidentialtribune,thebeeryatmosphere,sawdust,pipe-lights,spittoonsandrepose.Butthelastitemwaslong,long,long,inlinkingitselftotherest.Thenoveltyoftheplace,thecominguponitwithoutpreparation,thesenseofbeinglockedup,theremembranceofthatroomup-stairs,ofthetwobrothers,andabovealloftheretiringchildishform,andthefaceinwhichhenowsawyearsofinsufficientfood,ifnotofwant,kepthimwakingandunhappy.

           Speculations,too,bearingthestrangestrelationstowardstheprison,butalwaysconcerningtheprison,ranlikenightmaresthroughhismindwhilehelayawake.

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